The hardy pioneers of Butler County responded with patriotic
promptness to the call for troops when the border was menaced
by the British, and a goodly number marched to the field.

A regiment consisting of twelve companies, the Second Regiment
of Infantry, commanded by Col. John PURVIANCE, of Butler town,
as [sic] composed largely of men from this county. We
present the rosters of five full companies in this chapter. A
number of Butler County pioneers also went out in Col. MILLER's
regiment, but not so many of them as in Col. PURVIANCE's
regiment, which had its strongest representation from the
adjoining county. We append first the five companies of Col.
PURVIANCE's regiment:*

*The roster of this regiment was procured by the son of its
commander, Gen. John M. PURVIANCE, in 1851, and published in
the Butler journals, together with the magnanimous offer of
procuring free of charge, pensions for the survivors, or for
the descendants of those deceased who were entitled to them. It
is from this published muster-roll that we take the companies
given in this chapter.

CAPT. MARTIN'S COMPANY

We have the roll of one other company of Butler County soldiers
of the war of 1812 -- that commanded by Capt. Robert MARTIN and
attached to the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Regiment. It is
copied from a paper now in the possession of the family of the
Captain.

Roll of a company of militia commanded by Capt. Robert MARTIN,
of the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Regiment of Pennsylvania,
commanded by Lieut. Col. MILLER, under the order of Maj. Gen.
MEAD, dated January 18, 1814:

[End of Chapter 11--Soldiers of the War of 1812: History of Butler County, Pennsylvania. With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Waterman, Watkins, & Co., Chicago, 1883.]